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“Do you know any place I can get soup or so?”

He nodded “Would you like o for you?”

“No, I’ll do it” I gathered up s and went to the car He rushed in front of er side door for me “You don’t need to do that”

“Didn’t you just give a speech about people doing their jobs? Well, Ms Felicity, this is my job, and I’m proud of it”

I hadn’t thought about it like that I wondered how annoyed I’d feel if someone caetting in front with him, I took a step back and allowed him to open the door for me

“Of course, ma’am”

Leaning against the backseat, I flipped to where I was in the script I wanted to kno Margaret and Ernest ended up, and as I read I thought they wouldn’t get any happy ending, despite the fact that they both loved each other Ernest tried to get back to the life he had before the war, but he just couldn’t He was breaking down and pulling her with him The scene Theo had read to et into the car She didn’t choose hiinning The story skipped to Ernest alone in the house, holding the handkerchief Margaret had made him His final line was:

I’ll always love her, I’ll always think of her, and hopefully one day, she’ll find rooain

Theo

When I heard the door open, I sat up on the couch and closed the book I was reading She cas and kicked off her heels

“And here I thought you didn’t go shopping?” I s to her

“You’re up” She sot food!”

“All of this is food?” I asked, taking a few bags from her

“Yep I was originally going to get just soup, but I got hungry, and each place Nolan took me to was better than the last”

Proving her point, she pulled out pimento cheese sandwiches, da called s, which looked like fat grapes Adding to her haul were two bottles of wine and finally the soup she’d mentioned